I can’t remember where this is from but I emailed it to myself ages ago as a really good summary of what annoys me about the whole ‘political correctness gone mad’ thing that crops up all over the place…

Political correctness is a myth. It is a pejorative term used to give the impression that people who act or speak out against racism, sexism, homophobia, or class snobbery a) have the whip hand, and b) are censorious, unreasonable, petty, extremist killjoys. It is a sophisticated linguistic weapon in the arsenal of newspapers, politicians and other propagandists. Many purported examples of political correctness turn out upon investigation to either be entirely reasonable (unless one favours sexism, racism, etc) or apocryphal.

I’m clearing out my email, unstarring things that are dealt with, dealing with things that aren’t etc. so this may be the first of a series of random possibly un-attributed quotes/pictures/etc. that I’ve mailed myself over the years. a quick google search shows it’s from here.